Well, tomorrow is the first day of my film internship. The negative? I have to wake up at the ungodly hour of 5am. The positive? I have met with the filmmaker, James Oliva, a few times and he seems like a great guy to work with! I am really looking forward to helping him out for the next 3-4 weeks. I’ll also be working with Guillermo Martinez and Guillermo and I used to live in Watson Hall 226—aka: the video editing lab--together. Okay, so technically we didn’t “live” there, but it got to the point that I was completely thrown for a loop if I saw him anywhere else. LOL. Seriously, though, it’ll be cool hanging with Guillermo again. He’s a great guy!
The coolest thing about this film is that James is making it by using 2 cameras. That means that this is the first time 2 different forms of high definition cameras are being used in a film. Also, one of them is the kind of camera that Michael Mann used when making Collateral. For those who get off on that sort of thing, this is what we’re using:
Panasonic Varicam 24p High-Definition
Sony HDV-cam
Below I have posted the link to the website for the movie, 7 Minutes. Also, I have posted links to all the articles that have been written about the film. Some of the articles have the same headlines, but I assure you they go to different links. Wish me luck and I’ll keep you all updated on news from the set!
Former NIU wrestler making film
NIU wrestling alum pins dream on movie
Former NIU wrestler pins dream on movie
Ex-NIU wrestler taking sport to silver screen
Wrestler Taking Sport to Silver Screen
Ex-NIU wrestler taking sport to silver screen
New wrestling movie being made, check it out
Posted by Vampira at June 22, 2005 11:09 PM